Dhruv Rathee Detained. Why Do India and Pakistan Still Use British Protest Laws?

Описание: YouTuber Dhruv Rathee was detained, not arrested, on 10 October as Delhi locked down for the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protest against the Election Commission's voter-list revision (SIR). The same weekend, Pakistan placed Khyber Pakhtunkhwa under emergency and governor's rule. This video asks one question: why do India and Pakistan still use laws written by the British to manage protests?

From Section 144 and the "peace and good behaviour" bond in the 1898 Code of Criminal Procedure, to the matching "failure of constitutional machinery" clauses in India's Article 356 and Pakistan's Article 234, both traced to the Government of India Act 1935, we follow the same rulebook across the border. We also look at what India's Supreme Court ordered in its Sunday hearing, and at what research says about which protests actually win.

In this video:
• Dhruv Rathee, actor Imran Khan and Tushar Gandhi: who was detained, and who was released
• Was Dhruv Rathee arrested? No. What police and Rathee have each said
• What the CJP and the SIR voter-list revision are, explained simply
• The 1898 British code behind Section 144 and preventive arrest
• Gandhi's great-grandson at the Quit India ground, 84 years later
• Pakistan: the PTI march, Imran Khan's family, and the emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
• Article 234 and Article 356: one sentence, two constitutions
• India's Supreme Court on Sunday: "There shall not be illegal detention"
• Which protests win: the research, and wins in both countries
• How to check your name in India's voter list (Form 6)

Sources named in the video include Reuters, Press Trust of India, Al Jazeera, Dawn, Outlook, Deccan Herald, Access Now, the UN Human Rights Office and official statements from Indian and Pakistani authorities. Claims by every side are attributed to them.

Indian viewers: check your voter registration at voters.eci.gov.in

This video is in Urdu/Hindustani. English subtitles are available.

00:00 Dhruv Rathee and two Imran Khans
01:58 Why "cockroaches"? The voter-list fight
03:02 Delhi, 10 October
03:36 Who was detained
05:10 The government's side
06:07 The 128-year-old rulebook
08:17 Pakistan: the march, the family, the lawyers
09:14 Sunday: emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
10:01 One sentence, two constitutions
11:02 The courts step in
12:04 Do protests ever win?
13:46 Check your name in the voter list
14:07 Your turn
14:25 Bottom line

#DhruvRathee #ImranKhan #KPK


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